2008: coordinator Selim Selimi and special social worker Päivi Talvinen

2007: teacher Irina Ossipowski and project manager Sari Kanervo

2006: Bachelor of Art Binh Le Xuan and teacher Tellervo Vaitinen

Immigration Coordinator of the City of Turku Regina Ruohonen was acknowledged in 2012, Hülya "Hissu" Kytö in 2014 for a long career and life’s work with immigrants, and Pertti Widen in 2015 for an extensive life work as a researcher and promoter of multiculturalism and intercultural communication. In 2016 Ismo Söderling was honored for his long career in the management of the immigration institute.

A celebration for new citizens

The acknowledgements are handed in spring in the celebration which the City of Turku organizes annually for its residents who have obtained Finnish citizenship. The celebration was first organized in 2004.

The celebration and acknowledgements were thought up by Hissu Kytö, and the celebration of Turku is the first of its kind in Finland. In 2014 the celebration was organized as a joint congratulatory event of the municipalities of the Turku region.

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The municipalities in the Turku region held a joint celebration for residents who received Finnish citizenship last year. The celebration was held at the Turku Volunteer Fire Brigade Building on 28 March.